6 Essential Oil DIY Gift Mistakes You Can Avoid Plus Gift Ideas

To save you some grief next holiday season I jotted down a few things to consider before you start making your own Christmas gifts with essential oils.

I’ve made plenty of these mistakes and learned from others that these are pretty common but easily avoided. So save your self some time and money by thinking of these things ahead of time.

Read all the way to the end to find 6 easy DIY Gift Ideas

1) Go Slowly With Essential Oil Blends

Making your own essential oil blend allows you to really customize the scent to your liking, but you shouldn’t try to rush the process. It helps to go one drop at a time of each scent you are considering. This allows you to really control the final result instead of adding 10 drops of one scent, only to find out if doesn’t work well with your blend.Essential Oil Diffuser Himalayan Salt Lamp

If you don’t want to mess with mixing up your own blends then purchase a blend already made. It might be a tad more expensive but the scent may be better for your project.

2) Use The Right Amounts of Essential Oils

The next mistake you might make when you are working with essential oils is either using too little or too much of the scent. Always remember that the use of the product will determine how strong the scent is.

If it is something like a homemade air freshener that is put in an air vent, the air or heat is going to bring out those scents.

You want to use only as much oil as you need to get the scent you want, without overpowering it. Sometimes this just requires a little experimenting.

3) Don’t Dilute Your Essential Oils with Water

As you know, diluting your essential oils the proper way with a carrier oil is really important to make it safe for use on your skin. However, that doesn’t mean you can just dilute it with water.

While many other things can be diluted with water, it isn’t always enough with essential oils, depending on how sensitive your skin is.

Oil and water don’t mix, so while a couple drops in a big bath full of water might be okay, using more than that really requires the use of a carrier oil first.

4) Test Your Essential Oil Blends Before You Start Your Project

Before you start mixing together different essential oils to make your own blend, test it on something else first before making the DIY project. You don’t want to mix oils together into a blend then use them for soap or an air freshener, only to find out the aroma isn’t quite right.

5) Use The Right Carrier Oil For The Project

When making scrubs always test the carrier oil by mixing up a small batch of the scrub and letting it sit on the counter for a few days. Now test the finished product.

Is it too thick? Is it too runny?

I made the mistake of using solid coconut oilin my foot scrubs and once it sat on the counter for a few days it got too hard to use. I should have mixed the coconut oil with a liquid carrier oil so it wouldn’t get so hard. I got the idea from a recipe online but for whatever reason, the foot scrub I made was too stiff.

6) Get Your Supplies Together Ahead of Time

If you are like me, I don’t always know WHEN you can do the project. So in advance start collecting the items you need so you have them when you find the time to actually make the project.

Make a list of what you are making first to figure out what supplies you are going to need.

You Will Need These Supplies For Most DIY Essential Oil Gifts

Essential Oils

Naturally, you need some oils. You can select a starter kit or buy the oils individually. If you try a starter kit select one with more than just a few scents so you can have a variety. Also, make sure you read about which ones you are getting.

A nice set of oils that are new on the market, clean of toxins and in unique blue bottles are from Isagenix. You can learn about them here.

If you choose to purchase your oils individually you can get the ones you like based on scents you want to use for the gifts.

Also, you can use different blends specifically for the holidays or the theme you want to use.

Carrier Oils

Some carrier oils you might use are Olive oil, Jojoba oil, Coconut oil, and Almond oil.

Containers

Think about the types of gift you will be making. Many items can fit into mason jars of varying sizes, which are great because they come with airtight lids. Other jars or containers are fine, but the lids need to fit on tightly to keep the oils fresh. With all containers, try to choose glass, except for specialty plastic containers, like a lip balm tube.

Accessories

Additional accessories will vary based on the items you are making. For instance, you might need sugar for scrubs, ground coffee beans, string or yarn, or fabric to make drawer sachets.

DIY Essential Oil Gift Ideas

The gifts you can make with essential oils are endless. If you don’t want to make anything a simple diffuser is a great gift for a friend even if they already use oils. You can’t have too many diffusers! These small ones on Amazon are great for anyone. (grab one for yourself if you see them under $20)

Put Epsom salt and essential oil in a jar and stir with a spoon. Seal jar. Use 1 oz of salt per bath. Check out this video to get an idea of how to make them.

PooPourri For Your Bathroom

Before I knew about oils I purchased these little bottles as stocking stuffers for the adults in our family. Later, after getting into using oils around the home I realized how easy these sprays are to make.

Who doesn’t need a spray for the bathroom? The traditional store-bought sprays are full of toxins so even if you don’t make this as a gift its perfect to whip up for your own bathroom.

Ingredients and Directions:

4 oz spray bottle1-2 teaspoons of rubbing alcohol10 -20 drops of essential oilsAdd above ingredients and fill the rest of the spray bottle with water and shake.

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